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More than a shredbot: The Joe Satriani albums you should definitely listen to
Joe Satriani’s spectacular albums have dazzled and inspired for the best part of four decades, and these are the best of the bunch
"It’s getting ridiculous now, isn’t it? We’re the last men standing."
As their new album Dreams On Toast proves, The Darkness are everything rock’n’roll should be in 2025
The greatest year in heavy metal history, revisited
A look back at 12 memorable months for loud music
A beginner's guide to Sweet in 10 brilliant songs, from chart hits to deep cuts
The Sweet are best known for their pop hits, but their back catalogue is a varied treasure trove of glam and hard rock. Here are their 10 finest moments
Why Bill Bruford demoted himself from the King Crimson, Yes and Genesis league
Bill Bruford retired in 2009 and later sold most of his equipment to Tool’s Danny Carey. Then he found he wasn’t finished on stage – and he’s come back re-energised
Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills on mass psychosis and the best way to solve writer's block
Kula Shaker's current tour ends in May, and you might hear some brand-new songs from the next album
Dee Snider on the Twisted Sister song that transcended its era
We're Not Gonna Take It had a long and difficult birth, but the song Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider predicted would become a “monster” is reportedly now the most licensed song in heavy metal history
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Mark Morton & Charlie Starr, The Darkness and five other tattooed beat messiahs
“Chris Squire was Darth Vader.I was Obi-Wan Kenobi”: Jon Anderson’s time-travelling 1000 Hands
In 2019 he reincarnated 30-year-old demos with former Yes bandmates and a stellar supporting cast, offering positive and long-held opinions to a rapidly-changing world
The classic Megadeth song that was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley
This Megadeth anthem could have sounded very different
The epic story of Living Colour, the band that revolutionised 80s hard rock
Living Colour are the black rock band who blazed a trail through the 80s and 90s music scene
How Heaven & Hell resurrected Black Sabbath’s other classic line-up with The Devil You Know
Heaven & Hell’s The Devil You Know was a Dio-era Sabbath record under any other name
Metallica's Kirk Hammett shares what Motorhead mean to him
It's no secret that Metallica's members love Motorhead - but Kirk Hammett shares his own personal journey to discovering the rock'n'roll legends
Marianne Faithfull’s wild tales of Keith Richards, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and more
Singing with Page and Metallica, flirting with Hendrix, getting high with Clapton – the late Marianne Faithfull did it all
How Candlemass changed metal forever with doom landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Doom metal never sounded so huge as it did on Candlemass’ game-changing 1986 debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
"The haters won’t stop us from doing what we do": Geoff Downes on Asia's new lineup
The Geoff Downes-led new lineup of Asia play the band’s first three albums, one per night, in April
“You only have to hear the opening sweep to reach for your lighter and wave it in the air”: Tony Banks' greatest Genesis moments
Just some of the co-founding keyboardist’s iconic contributions to an award-winning catalogue of groundbreaking muisic
The greatest gig I've ever seen: 24 writers pick the most memorable live show of their lives
24 life-changing live shows from 60 years of gigs
